Water: Resource for Life is a new Smithsonian exhibition that will tour six Illinois communities in 2016-2017 as part of the Illinois Humanities Council's (IHC) Museums on Main Street program. The exhibition will encourage people throughout the state…
Apply to Send a Non-Librarian to National Library Legislative Day! Librarians and supporters gather on Capitol Hill May 4-5, 2015 to make their case before the new Congress--share the date with your networks, on social media, and in person with anyon…
Good news. One of ILA legislative initiatives is advancing well in the 2015 Spring Session of the Illinois General Assembly.House (HB) 200 passed by a vote of 113 to 0 on Thursday, 12 March 2015. The bill goes to the Illinois Senate for action. The b…
Friday, March 20, is the deadline to submit a program proposal for this year's joint conference between ILA and ISLMA, in cooperation with IACRL and SLA Illinois. Be a part of history and submit your proposal today!For more information or to submit a…
Artist Celebrates World Book Day with Book Tank Weapons of Mass Instruction: A 1979 Ford Falcon Converted in a Tank Armored with 900 Free Books< Argentinian artist Raul Lemesoff builds book tanks--roving libraries on wheels capable of carrying 900…
Programming Grant Opportunity Public, academic, and community college libraries are eligible to apply for grants up to $10,000 to present programming in connection with the PBS documentary series Latino Americans: 500 Years of History. The project is…
The deadline to submit your program proposal for the 2015 Illinois Library Conference is quickly approaching. The conference committee is seeking program proposals that demonstrate collaboration with different types of libraries or other community or…
Exchange ideas with your colleagues! With May Day coming up and talk about unions and the right to work in the news, this might be a good topic for spring library programming. The Illinois Labor History Society has an excellent resource list of films…
First Novel by Veteran of Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Elliot Ackerman served--and survived--five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and his first novel, Green on Blue, was reviewed by The New York Times on March 1, 2015. The novel is told entirel…
The Illinois State Library will host a conference call on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 to review the second notice changes filed to the Administrative Rules.The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) review of the proposed rules is March 17, 2015.…
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